The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & LegendsMacmillan, 1989 - 260 pages Fully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is the most up-to-date, beautiful, and graphically useful reference of its kind on the market today. |
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Page 67
... died . After his death , the god was reborn and united with Cybele . In another version , Attis is the victim of the monster Agdistis , a hermaphrodite born of heavenly semen dropped to earth . Agdistis fell in love with the hunter ...
... died . After his death , the god was reborn and united with Cybele . In another version , Attis is the victim of the monster Agdistis , a hermaphrodite born of heavenly semen dropped to earth . Agdistis fell in love with the hunter ...
Page 69
... died . El and the other heavenly gods grieved . They put on mourning , poured ashes over their heads , and cut their limbs . But Baal's wife Anat was not prepared to abandon him to the underworld and , aided by the sun goddess Shapash ...
... died . El and the other heavenly gods grieved . They put on mourning , poured ashes over their heads , and cut their limbs . But Baal's wife Anat was not prepared to abandon him to the underworld and , aided by the sun goddess Shapash ...
Page 110
... died by hanging to eternal rest beneath the world - tree Yaxche . There she also gathered the souls of fallen warriors , sacrificial victims , priests and women who died in childbirth . See Flood , pp.110 / 111 lood Floods are ...
... died by hanging to eternal rest beneath the world - tree Yaxche . There she also gathered the souls of fallen warriors , sacrificial victims , priests and women who died in childbirth . See Flood , pp.110 / 111 lood Floods are ...
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According Achilles ancient Greeks animals APHRODITE Apollo ATHENA Aztec Baal Babylonian battle became believed birth brother Buddha Buddhist Canaanite century Chinese Christian creation creator deity Cuchulainn cult daughter dead death demon Dionysus divine dragon earth Egypt Egyptian Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father fertility fire flood Gaia gave Germanic mythology giant Gilgamesh gods Greece Greek mythology HADES head heaven Hera Heracles hero Hindu mythology Horus human husband immortal Inanna Inca Indians Indra Iranian Irish mythology island Izanagi killed king Kronos land legend legendary lived Loki Lugh magic mankind Marduk married Maya Mesopotamian Minos monster moon mountain myth name means night nymph ODIN Odysseus Osiris Ouranos pantheon POSEIDON primeval river Roman Roman mythology Rome ruler sacred sent serpent Shiva snake souls spirit Sumerian temple Tiamat took tree trickster Trojan Troy underworld Vanir Vishnu warrior wife woman worship Yahweh Zeus